English Explanatory Dictionary

complementizer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A subordinating conjunction that can convert a clause into a complement clause, i.e. one that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.

Word forms

complementizer complementizers complementiser

Etymology

From complementize + -er.

Synonyms

subordinator subordinating conjunction
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